Hungary's Parliament Suspends Immunity for PM Magyar and Two Orbán-Era Ministers
Prosecutors can now pursue theft, mismanagement and bribery cases involving 3 lawmakers, including Magyar, after parliament suspended their immunity.
- On Monday, Hungary's Parliament voted 139-0 to lift the immunity of Prime Minister Péter Magyar and two former ministers, clearing the way for prosecutors to proceed with ongoing criminal investigations.
- Prosecutors allege former Culture Minister Balázs Hankó oversaw misuse of $53.6 million from the National Cultural Fund, while Development Minister Miklós Seszték is suspected of accepting $37.2 million in bribes tied to state contracts.
- Magyar faces investigation for alleged misdemeanor theft after he allegedly took a man's phone during a June 2024 nightclub altercation and threw it into the Danube River, with damages scarcely exceeding $300.
- Lawmakers from Fidesz and the Christian Democrats boycotted the vote, characterizing the charges against their colleagues as "political tyranny" by Magyar's government, underscoring deep partisan divisions.
- None of the officials have been indicted; immunity is designed to protect lawmakers from political persecution, and the European Parliament previously refused similar requests to suspend Magyar's immunity in September 2024.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has to answer to justice for accusations of theft.
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welingelichtekringen.nlBUDAPEST (ANP/AFP) - The Hungarian parliament has revoked the immunity of Prime Minister Péter Magyar and two former ministers. As a result, a criminal investigation can be launched against them. Magyar, whose party holds a large majority in parliament, himself requested his immunity...
The Prime Minister is subject to an investigation related to an incident of 2024. He is accused of having seized the phone of a man who was filming him in a discotheque before throwing him into the Danube.
The Hungarian parliament lifted the parliamentary immunity of Prime Minister Péter Magyar on Monday, allowing the resumption of a criminal investigation into a 2024 incident in which he is accused of taking a man's phone and throwing it into the Danube. The decision was adopted at an extraordinary session of parliament, with 139 votes in favor, no votes against and no abstentions. The Fidesz and KDNP parliamentary groups did not attend the sessi…
The three parliamentarians are subject to separate criminal investigations. The two former ministers are in particular suspected of corruption, while Peter Magyar is prosecuted in a case related to an incident that occurred in 2024. ...
It is about accusations of a man who had filmed Magyar unquestioned two years ago. Magyar had thrown his cell phone into the Danube. The deputies also deprived two ex-ministers of the Orbán era of immunity.
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